(19)
(11) EP 1 193 417 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.04.2002 Bulletin 2002/14

(21) Application number: 01402519.1

(22) Date of filing: 28.09.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F16D 65/56, F16D 51/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 28.09.2000 JP 2000297651

(71) Applicant: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Asai, Seiji
    Okazaki-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)
  • Tatsumi, Yoshihiro
    Amagun, Aichi-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Bentz, Jean-Paul 
Cabinet Weinstein, 56 A, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris
75008 Paris (FR)

   


(54) Drum brake device having a shoe clearance over-adjustment prevention apparatus


(57) A shoe clearance over-adjustment prevention apparatus employable to various types of automatic shoe clearance adjustment devices and drum brakes and designable to have a common thermo-sensitive member suitable for mass production.
The thermo-sensitive member (60) is sandwiched between the strut (20) and the brake lever (30) to cause a functional engagement, so that, if the brake temperature reaches a predetermined value or range, the strut (20) is pushed toward the brake shoe (12), whereby the automatic shoe clearance adjustment operation is disabled.






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